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David Gregory calls NRA ad ‘inaccurate’

NBC News’ David Gregory on Friday rebutted an NRA television ad calling him and President Barack Obama “elitist hypocrites,” pointing out the ad was “factually inaccurate.”

“The NRA, kind of, it does what it does in how it wants to target people,” Gregory said on WRC, the NBC affiliate in Washington. “The ad is factually incorrect. And I think, you know, this is not about me. Again, I ask tough questions on both sides on [“Meet the Press”]. People will sometimes want to make me a political target, which I shouldn’t be.”

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NRA’s recent controversial ad

Gregory shows high-capacity gun magazine on MTP

The NRA’s ad, released earlier this week, called Obama an “elitist hypocrite” for opposing a National Rifle Association plan to put armed guards in all of the nation’s schools because his daughters are protected by armed guards. Gregory’s children and Obama’s daughters both attend the Sidwell Friends School, an elite private school with campuses in Northwest D.C. and in Bethesda, Md. NRA President David Keene told CNN the ad wasn’t referring to the Secret Service, but to armed guards on the Sidwell Friends staff.

One problem: The Washington Post reported Thursday that security guards at the Quaker-run school aren’t actually armed. Obama’s gun violence proposal, unveiled Wednesday, includes incentives for schools to hire school resource officers, some of whom may be harmed.

Gregory, who is featured along with Obama, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) under the “elitist hypocrites” label in the ad, earned the NRA’s ire after an interview with NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre. During the interview, Gregory brandished an extended ammunition clip, which are illegal in Washington, D.C. The city’s attorney general declined to prosecute the “Meet the Press” host.